NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM and producer of CES®, the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies, announced the Best of Innovation Honorees for CES® 2017. The annual CES Innovation Awards honors outstanding product design and engineering across 28 product categories. The announcement came from the annual CES Unveiled New York, an exclusive industry only event featuring the latest innovations and trends and important show announcements leading up to CES.

The program recognizes two levels of recipient – Honoree and Best of Innovation. Products that receive the Best of Innovation and Honoree designation will be featured in the Innovation Awards Showcase, presented by The Henry Ford, at CES 2017, Jan. 5-8 in Las Vegas, NV.

“The honorees stand as the best of ingenuity and design in the consumer tech industry,” said Karen Chupka, Sr. VP, CES and corporate business strategy, CTA. “These outstanding products exemplify the power and promise of the global consumer tech industry to produce breakthrough products and services that improve our lives and better our world.”

Each category has a three-member judging team that evaluates the products based on their engineering, design, functionality, consumer appeal and how they compare to competitors in the marketplace. The judges include highly respected consumer tech designers, engineers and members of the media.

For more information on the CES 2017 Innovation Awards, including photos and descriptions of all honorees, visit CES Innovation Awards.

Note to Editors: The official name of the global technology event is “CES®.” Please do not use “Consumer Electronics Show” or “International CES” to refer to the event.

About CES:

CES is the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years—the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, it attracts the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers. Check out CES video highlights. Follow CES online at CES.tech and on social.

About Consumer Technology Association:

Consumer Technology Association (CTA)TM, is the trade association representing the $287 billion U.S. consumer technology industry. More than 2,200 companies – 80 percent are small businesses and startups; others are among the world’s best known brands – enjoy the benefits of CTA membership including policy advocacy, market research, technical education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. The Consumer Technology Association also owns and produces CES® – the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. Profits from CES are reinvested into CTA’s industry services.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• CES Unveiled New York - Register
  November 10, New York, NY
• CES Unveiled Las Vegas
  January 3, Las Vegas, NV
• CES 2017 – Register
  January 5-8, Las Vegas, NV
• CES Asia 2017
  June 7-9, Shanghai, China

Contacts

Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
Allison Fried, 703-907-7603
afried@CTA.tech
www.CTA.tech
or
Sarah Brown, 703-907-4326
sbrown@CTA.tech
www.CES.tech